Wednesday, November 5, 2014
New rail shipping route in Washington State operational
On Monday the first railcars hauling North Dakota crops arrived at the Port of Vancouver in Washington State as part of an agreement between the port and North Dakota.
The agreement between the port and the state was reached in August to give farmers another shipping option and relieve the current rail-shipping backlog.
Rail cars were sent to North Dakota delivering products such as lumber, paper, cement, fertilizer and energy supplies. The cars were sent back carrying split green peas.
Farmers haven’t been able to ship crops at the rate they’re being produced. As of Friday, BNSF Railway had an outstanding order of 3,509 cars in the state, with an average delay of two weeks. Canadian Pacific had outstanding orders of 2,529 cars with an average delay of 2.14 weeks.
Though the shipments are still being made on BNSF rail lines, North Dakota farmers now have 180 boxcars dedicated to a return trip to the Pacific Northwest, according to the Port of Vancouver.
The agreement has begun with two shuttle trains a month, which will eventually grow to four. There are 392 elevators in the state that could take advantage of the agreement.
For more of the Bismarck Tribune story: bismarcktribune.com
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